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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Unacceptable things 100 years from now ask pandas community - The Untold Story
“Every man is the creature of the age in which he lives; very few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time,” wrote Voltaire.
Many institutions, attitudes, actions, etc. that people of previous generations found perfectly acceptable are frowned on today. Racism, child labor, blood sports - all of these are generally unacceptable today. So I asked the Bored Panda community to share their thoughts on what they think will be impermissible 100 years in the future. Here are all the answers!
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#2
Certain cultures being allowed to do bad things because it’s part of their tradition
Final score:
336points
#6
Celebrities being paid so much more than teachers and caregivers
Final score:
305points
#7
Hopefully, sexual harassment and victim blaming
Final score:
290points
#8
'9-to-5' jobs in offices. Maybe not 'unacceptable' per se, but I expect future generations to focus more on each person's individual productive hours and remote work (even more than now).
Final score:
286points
#11
Schools punishing kids for getting beat up and trying to fight back.
Final score:
273points
#12
I really hope it doesn't take anywhere close to 100 years! Wasting precious Helium on stupid inflatable single-use balloons or to make your voice higher. We have a limited supply on Earth that is rapidly running out and once it's gone, it's gone. The only other source is literally the Sun and it's not like we can mine that! And when it goes you can kiss goodbye to MRI machines (which use liquid Helium to work) and our ability to look inside your bodies and diagnose medical problems and save lives without requiring dangerous, time-consuming and often life-limiting or life-threatening invasive exploratory surgeries.
Final score:
254points
#13
Mass treating mentally ill patients (especially schizophrenia) with dumbing-down medication so they just suffer in silence and not bother "other people" with the "noisy symptoms". I'm a medical student and all antipsychotics have their place and indeed are lifesavers but in my opinion, they are over-used and not ideal for long-term therapy. They do not solve the root of the problem, they just make it temporarily more manageable -which is great but we should not leave behind the end goal. TL;DR: subduing problematic mentally ill patients with medication for decades instead of searching for / researching other options.
Final score:
248points
#14
Medicine not tailored to the person's DNA. Medicine, food, housing, education being a luxury item.
Final score:
214points
#15
Unhoused individuals. People will be treated with dignity, housed, rehabilitated if it occurred is needed, taught skills, etc.
Final score:
211points
#16
Buildings and public places being inaccessible for disabled people.
Final score:
194points
#17
I very much hope the Prosperity Gospel will be frowned upon in future generations.
Final score:
183points
#18
The treatment of my neurodivergent learners and students will evolve. In 100 years, forcing neurodiverse children to suffer, struggle, and undergo forced change will be over. We will focus on creating a more equitable school system that asks neurotypical people to support all students, as they are.
Final score:
175points
#19
"Cancelling" people and ruining their careers based on a rumour or allegation. There's nothing wrong with exposing sexists, rapists, abusers and all that lot, but at least put in some effort to fact-check the allegations and rumours before lynching the "offenders". People put in years of hard work to build a career and it just takes one attention-deficient psychopath to ruin all of their work. Also: ignoring victim statements because of the social position and wealth of the accused person.
Final score:
170points
#20
Tolerance of attention-seeking deliberate stupidity (ie. flat-Earthers, anti-vaxxers, etc.) is likely to go down. Real, verifiable and researched information is widely available on these subjects and will only become easier still to access as time goes by. Such mindsets will be seen as intentionally being difficult as the ability to say that you've never had access to said information becomes more and more impossible to claim.
Final score:
163points
#21
Absence of universal healthcare and discrimination of people based on nationality, ethnicity, skin color, social status, etc.
Final score:
163points
#22
Hopefully, homophobia and transphobia won't be socially acceptable. I know so many individuals who have to hide who they are because their parents won't accept them, and could risk being disowned.
Final score:
156points
#23
How people twist religion and take it a step too far. I hope that ends
Final score:
148points
#29
HOPEFULLY: Racism, sexism, sexual assault, abusive relationships and HAVING TO PAY FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS!!!
Final score:
100points
#30
The glass ceiling. It is still around, although not nearly as obviously as it once was. When I was growing up, women were housewives and mothers. If they HAD to work, they could be teachers, nurses, secretaries, or any of the other 'women's work'. Now, women can choose any career, but in too many institutions, the good ol' boy network is as strong as ever, and actively screening out women and others. There are too many law firms, financial institutions and other corporate structures where promotions are based, not on ability, but on being 'one of the boys'.
Final score:
96points
#32
Of course these are based in the U.S. because it's where I am. But some are universal People going hungry,when just down the corner is plenty.. Native American People on reservations or anywhere else they don't want to be. Education being priced so far out of the range of anyone, that is a basic need to a majority. The fact that if your grandma's grandpa was very very poor, and then so on, until the most recent generation, one is doomed to have to fight harder, and longer, for everything you get. Rich or even middle class privilege isn't even realized by those who have it, but the lack of it is glaring to those who don't. Animals being allowed to breed into feral colonies, and go without homes. Nursing homes that are paid by the state being so substandard. Female centric birth control Plastic overused until it comes out everywhere Oil rigs, and transport ships Police brutality And this I hope is no longer tolerated Hate.
Final score:
82points
#34
Eating meat from dead animals. I bet on artificially grown meal-like substance.
Final score:
63points
#37
Hopefully: An education and medical system - or a society - that denies the importance of sexuality for most people's well-being.
Final score:
25points
#40
- Repressing art through outrage of a minority of Social Media users (due to the current ruining of the western entertainment industry) - Hydrogen to be considered a good fuel alternative for vehicles (only 40% energy efficiency compared to using electricity right away) - Using plastic products created from mineral oil - Blaming anything on race, gender or sexuality (No matter if it's "POC"/whities, Man/Female or Homo/CIS) - Ignoring violence when it comes from the "correct" side or if it doesn't fit the own view - Politicians being voted on popularity instead of skills
Final score:
23points
#42
With our pandemic experience, I expect our current Rube Goldberg-esque just-in-time supply chains will evolve to include more resiliency. We can't keep having this kind of chaos every time a pandemic rolls around. I HOPE also that we stop cancelling people for something stupid they said decades ago and recognize growth and change is possible. I hope in vain that business and economic models that rely on the exploitation of a group of people will be a thing of the past.
Final score:
21points
#43
Religion, or at least using religion as an excuse for war and division
Final score:
20points
#52
Indian women allowed to live after their husbands die . 100 years ago , if a woman's husband died in India , According to the sati pratha , She was burnt with her husband's body , or she was called devil and mean words and was only allowed to wear white clothes . Widow women ate simple food , No sugary , salty , or spicy foods. They wore white clothes and were totally bald. They weren't allowed to go out of their houses. Nowdays , things are much better in India , But in olden times , Very less people actually helped women
Final score:
11points
#53
Shipping food from overseas In Sweden, we get green beans from Afrika in the stores. So crazy
Final score:
11points
#56
Circumcision. The barbaric procedure will, one day, be made illegal.
Final score:
10points
#57
Anonymous social media and coupons. I just have this feeling.
Final score:
9points
#58
That America ever chose an obnoxious, unbridled malignant narcissist to be our 45th President, and that one of two reigning political parties at that time enabled him and sought to destroy any members of that party who had the courage and integrity to stand up against him.
Final score:
9points
#59
Being able to breath without paying money. We already have to pay to eat and drink.
Final score:
8points
#61
Having more than one child. A hundred years from now the world will be so over-populated and habitable areas and resources so reduced, having more than one child will be viewed as an abhorrent felony, twins and such excepted.
Final score:
7points
#62
Possibly drag queens, when straight men dress as woman and mock the worst stereotypically negative qualities of woman being vain and bitchy . I think people may view it with the same negativity that blacking up and blackfishing are viewed with today.
Final score:
7points
#63
Entering someone else's house with shoes you have worn in the street. It still happens in many countries, but it is unhygienic.
Final score:
4points
#66
In 100 years, all Karens will be banned but if the still tend to exist, the children and teens will turn them to ducks
Final score:
2points
#68
Bras. They should be viewed in the same light as corsets: very unhealthy and uncomfortable.
Final score:
-2points
What do you think ?
Steve Kenney 4 years ago
This article is not accurate at all. It should be "What do you hope won't be acceptable 100 years from now"
Steve Kenney 4 years ago
This article is not accurate at all. It should be "What do you hope won't be acceptable 100 years from now"
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